Social Media and Everyday Politics by Tim Highfield

Social Media and Everyday Politics by Tim Highfield

From selfies and memes to hashtags and parodies, social media are used for mundane and personal expressions of political commentary, engagement, and participation. The coverage of politics reflects the social mediation of everyday life, where individual experiences and thoughts are documented and shared online.

"Politics is personal and the personal is politicalAs new media platforms enhance our ability to express ourselves and connect with others, everyday politics are performed in public spheres interconnected by social media. Tim Highfield makes this abundantly clear in Social Media and Everyday Politics, a must read volume for those interested in how the language, the practice, and the meaning of political expression evolve in contemporary societies. His approach offers rich theoretical terms, methodological insight, and analytical rigor to our understanding of how social media reorganize political realities."
—Zizi Papacharissi, University of Illinois at Chicago

"This is an excellent book. It is comprehensive and up-to-date. It is a great introduction to social media in general but especially delivers handsomely on its topic of everyday politics and social media. The range of examples and cases are terrific and well-analysed. I especially like the authorial voice grounded, funny, lively, sharp.
—Gerard Goggin, University of Sydney

"Of special interest to sociology, journalism, and political science scholars, the internet studies encompassed in this book bridge the gap between these disciplines by showing the interaction among them."
—Choice

"This book is a great introduction to the everday politics of socia media, and the vibrant discussion of important issues makes it worth a read for students and scolars at any level."
—Political Studies Review

Tim Highfield is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Sessional Academic at Queensland University of Technology.

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ISBN 13	9780745691350
ISBN 10	0745691358
Title	Social Media and Everyday Politics
Author	Tim Highfield
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Year published	2016-04-01
Number of pages	220
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